Dynamics of a Catalina Eddy revealed by numerical simulation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 2885-2904

  Davis, Christopher ^a   Low Nam, Simon ^a   Mass, Clifford ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EDDY; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EDDY; OROGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033792588     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2885:doacer>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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